Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-02-10
DOWN TO DEATH.
Fearful Accident on the Central
Vermont Railroad.
"A Train FrecIpitatcd Into the White River
Fire Adds to the TcrrOrs of the Scsus
"A Partial List Of the
Victims.


Fire Adds to the TcrrOrs of the Scsne
"A Partial List of the
Victims.
CONCORD, n. II. Feb. 5-The express
train that left Boston at seven o'clock last
night met with terrible accident near
Woodstock, on the Central Vermont rail
road, at about 2:.D this morning. The trnin
started from this city on time, but was dc
tanned ut White River junction, so it wGs
about an hour and half late when it left
there. 1t consisted of II locomotive, bag
gage car, postal car, two passenger coaches
and two sleeping cars, and was running
ut the usual rate Of speed.
When about two hundred yards south
If the end OF the dock bridge. near Old
Windsor station, a broken rail was struck.
The locomotive, baggage car and postal cur
broke away from the rest Of the train. pass
ing over the bridge in safety. The rest Of
the train was thrown from the rails and con
tinued on the road until it came near the end
Of the bridge, but there it ran over the abut-
ment and all Of tho cars fell into the White
river, some fifty feet below. The gorge
ut this point was frightful, and when
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crash. AS soon as possible the detached
part OF the train stopped and ran back TO
the scene of the disaster The screams of
the injured people were hcartrending. As
sistancc also came from the people living III
the vicinity and every thing was done to
rescue and relieve the injured Soon after
help arrived it was discovered that the fire
had started in the first passenger
coach and tho frnin
abiaze, thus adding new horror TO the
already frishtful catastrophe. Those pres
Cnt were pOwerlcss to stop the fire and de-
voted themselves entirely to attempting to
rescue those imprisoned in the wreck The
rescuers met another and unexpected obsta-
Gle in tho heat, which had become 50 intense
that they were obliged to rcinquish their
efforts to save the sufferers, and were com
PEELED to retreat to place of safety and to
become unwilling, horrOr-strickcn wit
nesses to the awful holocaust In addi-
ton to this, and to add to the terror and
sufferings of the passengers the weather
was intensely cold and the hOrOic rescucrs
were hindcrcd thereby In their work. No
water could be obtained with which to
check or extinguish the flames. The ice
was several inches thick Oh the river and
there were no appliances ut hand with
which to ruise it.
1t will be impossible to tell how many
were ON the train, AS the conductor had
only begun taking up tickets Many bodies
have probably gone into the river and IN
der the ice. Most of the bodies recovered
were taken to the village of Hartford and
placed IN an undcrtakcr's establish
ment. Thrty-ninc bodies in oil have
boon taken out of the wreck and
only five Of them are in any manner rccOg
nzablc. 1t is positively known that forty
two persons persisted, while there is II prob
ability that number of other corpses will
be found in the wreck under the ice in the
creek. Just how many persons were killed
can not be ascertaincd while there exists SO
much uncertainty as to the number on the
train.
THB WORST NOT YET KNOWN.
One of the wrecked ears on the ico has
not yet been overhauled and it is thought
that at least twenty bodies are in the de-
bris. Should this prove 80 it will run the
list Of the killed up to over sixty. This
will not include those who may have been
carried into the river through the icc.
Latest computations as to the number of
persons on the train place 1t at over 100
When the last car on the ice Is
overhaulcd tomorrow and further
idcntifcations take place u more complete
list Of the killed will be Obtainablc, al
though 1t is thought that score of the
bodies already recovered are so disEgured
by being crushed and bruised as to preclude
any possibility Of being identified. Many
Of the survivors will probably die of their
wounds. Considering the height from
which the cars fell and the speed at which
the train was running. it is regarded us
miraculous that any one escaped.
BROTHERS, AWFUL EXPERIENCE.
WORCESTER Mass. Feb. &C. W. BOwker,
commission merchant OF this city, was on
the down train from Montreal this
morning and passed several hours at the
scene of the wreck. The burned timbers
of the bridge and cars and charred
bodies OF the victims are scattered
over the ice. The crowd assembled was
enormous. Zone came to me-" said he,
''while l stood gazing at the fearful sight.
und pointing to Inc middle OF the ruins
said: My brother lies III there burned to
death. He was not hurt much, think, but
hemmcd in frightfully. worked with all
my might to save him, but it was no use
The fire drove me back and he persisted"
The Latest.
WHITE RIvERJUNCTIoN, eb.7.-Thc latest
from the wreck on the Central Vermont road
place the number Of burned and blackcned
victims ut thirty-twO. One Of the wrecked
cars Oh the ice has not been ovcrhaulcd ut
last accounts, and it was thought that at
least twenty bodies were in the debris.
Should this prove SO it would run the list OF
killed up to over sixty, not including those
which may have been carried into the river
through the ice.